The following post is a test from the Immerging Self Indulgence Broadcasting System. If this was an actual post, you would be notified by somebody that would not bore you to tears with random pictures of a lazy Saturday at Tommy and Marc's place.



Gracie's favorite vantage point from the porch.

Look at that smile. Smile on a dog? A myth? I think not! Gracie is the ultimate daddy's girl and she knows it. That's a real smile, dammit.



Rex...having the inherent coat of his breed, is always in a perpetual "Bad Hair Day". He picks up burs, sweet gum heads, and random anythings that he comes into contact with.

Rex is like a living Swiffer mop.

I had to hold him still so Marc could get this shot of the random plant material that sticks to his hair when he goes out into the yard. He's the hardest to photograph. He is in constant, confused, fifth gear motion otherwise.



The sick hydrangea from the trash at Home Depot four years ago.

We brought her home. She looked dead for two years...then she just looked sorta sick for two years. I love all my plants, but this girl is my "baby" and my "pet".

This year? She came to life finally this year and now is a beautiful little shrub with quite a few gorgeous blooms. We knew that nature had given her a blow. Genetics and environment would have tossed her aside. But just look at her now.

She subsided on the piece-meal. We gave her a spot to inhale. We gave her space to exhale...a little more food than the others...a little more water than the others...just a little more effort than the others. But just look at her now.

Jesus on the road indeed.





The heliotrope in the butterfly garden.

The latin name meaning "reach for the sun", due to the way the flower heads follow the path of the sun all day. Marc and I named our corporation "Heliotrope LLC" for this flower. Much more about this plant to follow. wink wink




The first blooms on the 'Miss Huff' Lantana appeared this week.

Now the show begins. This bad girl attracts butterflies, hummingbirds, and neighbors like a magnet. She blooms from now till Thanksgiving. She functions best in the light and warmth like me.

Spooky. Damn spooky.

So...finally getting to check out the new Def Leppard CD released last friday this afternoon. I looked at the "liner notes"...are they even called that anymore?

Anyway...fuck me runnin'! Look at that shit...for the first album they have released in four years, they do extremely faithful covers of unconventional artists and songs that have always been on my hit list.

I'm really scared. I mean who dredges up these awesome awesome awesome tunes in one place but me????? I'm convinced they stole my brain one night. Wow. And Def Leppard...of all groups. Hmmm.

Covers of Bowie, Blondie, T Rex, ELO, Mott the Hoople, Roxy Music, Faces, the Kinks...plus David Essex "Rock On" thrown in???? WOW.

Saturday afternoon at the Doghouse

Laying on the porch with the dogs
The smell of new mown grass and the last gardenias
Uncle Bud
The lazy Georgia sun
The blazing red cardinal back to visit on the Clematis vines
A Marlboro Light hangin from my lips
Cell phone turned off
Chanda back from California
The smell of barbeque cooking on a neighbor's oil barrel grill

And now...Def Leppard's faithful version of Mott's "Golden Age of Rock and Roll" coming from the speakers on the porch.

Doesn't get any better than this.

I mean...I could have more money. I could be 21 again. I could have a big ass new house. I could have an expensive car. I could be on some exotic beach. I could have big muscles and a killer body.

Don't need that shit right now. I'll take my little piece of heaven here on the porch anytime.

*****Mott The Hoople, via Def Leppard "The Golden Age of Rock and Roll"

1) The only soap opera I have ever watched was Dark Shadows, when I was a kid. We would run home from school to catch it coming on every day. My favorite characters were the werewolf guy, who I think was named Quentin, and the girl Barnabas was always after. I can't remember her name. Was it Josephine?

2) My favorite cartoon when I was a kid was Astro Boy. (duh)
It was syndicated and came on in Chattanooga at like 6 am Saturday.

3) I think The Carol Burnette Show was one of the funniest shows ever, and had that incredible cast.

4) Nowadays, our TV hardly ever leaves The History Channel and Discovery...guess I'm gettin old. I'll stop and watch My Name is Earl, Desperate Housewives, Family Guy, Will and Grace, Cops, and Martha Stewart if I happen to be flipping through.

5) My evil, guilty TV pleasure? I'll admit that I love "The Simple Life" with Paris and Nicole. That's hot.

I sure do like to visit "Inside The Flame". Am I some crazy moth, or do I just appeciate the light that radiates from a beautiful, incandescent southern lady? Is it the light she sheds...or is it the warmth?

Does the Belle toll for thee? Sure 'nuff tolls for me.

Sometimes I think she hears the same things that resonate for me.

I loves my Angel Belle yall.

T

I just now saw that Rhino released an enhanced re-issue of The Cure's "Disintegration" three weeks ago.

Real Rhapsody is a gift from the Gods. I'm good...I'm Real Good. Just listen to that.

Sublime.


*****The Cure "Lullaby"